Familial Acculturative Stress and Adolescent Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors in Latinx Immigrant Families of t
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ORIGINAL PAPER
Familial Acculturative Stress and Adolescent Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors in Latinx Immigrant Families of the Southwest Shiyou Wu1 · Flavio F. Marsiglia1 · Stephanie Ayers1 · Olalla Cutrín2,3 · Sonia Vega‑López4 Accepted: 5 September 2020 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2020
Abstract Experiencing acculturative stress burdens Latinx families in a variety of negative and deleterious ways. Using the Family Stress Model, this study aims to explore the patterns and experiences of acculturative stress in Latinx families, and how these experiences related to Latinx adolescent internalizing and externalizing behaviors. Data came from baseline reports of three cohorts of parent-youth dyads (n = 532) participating in a longitudinal randomized control effectiveness trial testing a parenting intervention in southwestern U.S. area. Findings indicate that youth exhibited more depressive symptomology when both parent and child reported higher acculturative stress. While youths’ anti-social behaviors were only associated with their own acculturative stress and not their parents’ acculturative stress levels. This study advances new knowledge about the relationship between acculturative stress and youth behaviors, and provides recommendations for developing future interventions with Latinx youth to prevent the onset of internalizing and externalizing behaviors. Keywords Acculturative stress · Depressive symptom · Anti-social behaviors · Latinx immigrant family · Youth
Introduction Adolescence is a stage of challenges for youth and their parents. During adolescence a great number of changes occur at different levels, involving different processes [1, 2], and all these variations affect the family system. Parents and adolescents have to redefine their relationships to maintain the harmony of the family system [3]. Increased parent–child conflict can arise as adolescents transition to wanting more * Shiyou Wu [email protected] 1
School of Social Work, Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center, Global Center for Applied Health Research, Arizona State University, 411 N. Central Avenue, Suite 800, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Global Center for Applied Health Research, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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College of Health Solutions, Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, USA
autonomy and independence [4, 5] and to focusing more on relationships with friends and romantic partners [6]. How families manage these conflicts can partially determine the apparent or actual increase in confrontation between parents and adolescents [7] and the development of emotional and behavioral problems in adolescents [8]. In addition, stressful events can appease or exacerbate these outcomes in adolescents. Specifically for youth and parents with a Latino heritage who moved to the United States, normative stressf
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